Thursday, August 02, 2018

Rumors of War - King of the North

Russia trying to divide U.S. ahead of election, Donald Trump's national security team says - UPI.com
UPI reports: "Russia is trying to 'weaken and divide' the United States ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, members of President Donald Trump's national security team said Thursday, pointing to efforts to combat election interference this fall. U.S. intelligence officials [...] said they were working with state and local election officials to protect voting systems from threats by Russia and other foreign actors."

Comment: While I won't blame Facebook for this, I don't understand how malicious actors create so many fake accounts to manipulate public opinion.  It's not easy to do right, fake people don't have social networks of family and friends. I would think their sophisticated computer systems would be able to spot fake accounts very quickly.

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